Program Changes to Residential Permit Parking FY2022

Prices are going up so that fees cover the cost of the program and taxpayers who do not have RPP restrictions will no longer subsidize the program. Currently, permit and pass fees cover only 60% of the program's total cost.

Lowering the maximum number of permits for households with parking in driveways, garages, and parking lots encourages residents to use the parking that they have off-street and leave street parking for their neighbors and visitors.

The County is also expanding the number of households eligible to join the program and lowering the maximum number will manage demand from these households, should they join the program.

Starting in April 2021, you will be able to request a review of the County’s data on the parking at your home using a form accessible from https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Transportation/Parking/Residential-Permit-Parking. You will need to provide your contact information, address, and an explanation of why you think the County's data is incorrect.

The maximum number of permits that a household may obtain will not be changed because of the dimensions of the parking, the number of vehicles that a household owns, or because the parking has been converted to storage space or another use. Residents who share a common parking garage or parking lot will not be able to obtain more permits simply because management limits the number of spaces available per household or because of the cost of those parking spaces.

• Use short-term visitor passes for occasional parking on street; the five visitor booklets have twenty passes each, and are good for a total of 300 days of parking each year.
• Park on your driveway, in your garage, or in your parking lot during hours of restriction.
• If you live near commercial parking garages, inquire there about parking vehicles that you don’t use as often.

Visit https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Transportation/Parking/Residential-Permit-Parking for more information on how to apply for RPP permits and passes.

If you believe that you qualify and have supporting documents, you may either apply online at http://rppp.arlingtonva.us or in-person at 2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 215 between 8 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Friday. We apologize for the inconvenience but , we are unable to process discounted purchases by mail or over the phone.

We will accept copies of these documents as proof that you are eligible to receive a discount:

• EBT Card
• Discounted utility bill dated in last 30 days
• SSI Statement of Benefits
• SSDI Statement of Benefits
• Medicaid Card
• Veterans Administration payment history showing Veterans Pension payments

Information about the review is available at: https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Projects/RPPReview. You can also watch the February 2021 Board Wrap-Up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRdIWo8OXOQ, in which County Board members discuss the changes they adopted at that month’s Board Meeting.

Since the review began in 2017, County staff have communicated with thousands of residents through an e-mail listserv and at in-person events, issued press releases, published updates on the study in County newsletters, and sent a postcard inviting every household in the RPP program to participate in a survey about the program. All presidents of the County's Civic Associations have also received the same e-mail updates that went to the project listserv. Local news web sites ArlNow and InsideNova have published multiple articles about the review as well.